I'm reading. Just quiet, one thing and another. Also, busy. I had an astonishingly lazy weekend (sort of necessary after all that travel) and now I'm viewing the piles of stuff to do warily as they threaten to topple over and smush me.
Rain is nice. It'd just freeze up here, though.
Grumpy and sad are understandable. We're at the tail-end of winter, and it feels to me like the world is holding its breath for something. I just don't know what.
I wrote a small essay that I'd like some concrit on before I submit it. We settled my MIL into assisted living! YAY! So been busy. Have already placed my votes am doing a mountain of mom's paperwork that she had let lapse. Her dementia had been creeping on for longer than we suspected. There are pertinent papers everywhere! And the solicitation mail is unbelievable!
Anyhoo... can someone take a gander at this for me? I wrote it on the fly (for me anyway) Thanks in advance!
Congrats on getting your MIL settled! That's a big deal, and a whooole lot of work. :)
I read your essay. Very timely stuff! I have some thoughts on it, but I need to dash to the store and then I've got a meeting. What's your deadline for submission, and where are you going to submit it (because that'll make a difference with the kinds of feedback, too)?
Deadline is Weds. by 3:00pm. It's just to the township paper but there is a lot of racial tension here and I usually piss most of the populace off by being 'one of them there liberals' although you wouldn't think South Jersey a hotbed of racism.
Hey! I've got some comments worked up, but because I did it basically in-line with your words (and I am a wordy person... heh), it exceeded LJ's comment length. Do you mind if I email it to you? And if you don't mind, then what email should I use? :)
My favorite thing about my weekend was the part where I didn't leave the house. Heh. Had my writer's group over on Sunday night and fed them chocolate chip cookies while we tore each other's samples apart, played some games on Saturday, hid out and cuddled with Todd, and waved some toys on sticks at my cats. It was low key.
This week will be less low-key. There are a lot of protests planned here, around the police shooting of Tony Robinson, an unarmed black teenager. I'm trying to decide what part I can and should play in all that - I'm a white lady. I can show solidarity and support, but it's more important to make sure other people's voices are heard. That said, it's also a handy excuse to keep me away from crowds (which I hate) and uncomfortable situations, so I'm trying to make sure I'm doing the right things for the right reasons. It's not an easy thing.
So far, things have been peaceful and had a good impact, I think. I think the biggest barrier to overcome here in Madison is the fact that so many of us living here have this idealized view of the city - "But it's such a super liberal place!" is a thing I keep hearing with regards to this shooting, and it's like... well... yes... but that doesn't mean we don't have racial disparity problems. In fact, Madison's worse than Ferguson when it comes to disproportionately arresting people of color. Wisconsin as a whole has an institutional racism problem, and going on about how progressive we are does absolutely nothing to fix it. The shooting happened right down the street from the super crunchy co-op grocery. The police officer involved delivered cake to folks getting married at the capitol when gay marriage was legalized here last year. We can get some things right, and still fail on others.
I may or may not have spent most of it passed out. I'm a chronic insomniac, and once in awhile it catches up with you, I guess.
I did play Long Live The Queen for the first time, though, and was brutally murdered on the way to my friend's birthday party. Good game that, would recommend.
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Rain. Rain is nice, but I'm just grumpy as all hell for whatever reason.
And randomly, a little sad.
Sorry for the Debbie Downer.
Edit: Also, bizarrely first. Does anyone read these things anymore?
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Rain is nice. It'd just freeze up here, though.
Grumpy and sad are understandable. We're at the tail-end of winter, and it feels to me like the world is holding its breath for something. I just don't know what.
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Grats on first all the same.
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Anyhoo... can someone take a gander at this for me? I wrote it on the fly (for me anyway) Thanks in advance!
http://dmousey.livejournal.com/21412.html
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I read your essay. Very timely stuff! I have some thoughts on it, but I need to dash to the store and then I've got a meeting. What's your deadline for submission, and where are you going to submit it (because that'll make a difference with the kinds of feedback, too)?
*edited to fix a typo. I wurd real gud. Heh.
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Thanks bunches and bunches!
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This week will be less low-key. There are a lot of protests planned here, around the police shooting of Tony Robinson, an unarmed black teenager. I'm trying to decide what part I can and should play in all that - I'm a white lady. I can show solidarity and support, but it's more important to make sure other people's voices are heard. That said, it's also a handy excuse to keep me away from crowds (which I hate) and uncomfortable situations, so I'm trying to make sure I'm doing the right things for the right reasons. It's not an easy thing.
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Don't remember my weekend all that well.
*blink*
I may or may not have spent most of it passed out. I'm a chronic insomniac, and once in awhile it catches up with you, I guess.
I did play Long Live The Queen for the first time, though, and was brutally murdered on the way to my friend's birthday party. Good game that, would recommend.
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